Where Things Come Back APA Citation
Whaley, J. (2012). Where things come back. New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers. Award Printz Award-2012; Morris Award-2012 Summary Winner of the 2012 Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature and the William C. Morris Debut Award, this story is full of twists and turns. John Corey Whaley tells the story of seventeen-year-old Cullen Witter’s eventful summer in Lily, Arkansas. This season of Cullen’s life is marked by the death of his cousin by overdose, the supposed sighting of a woodpecker previously thought to be extinct, a couple of unsuccessful attempts at summer romance, and the mysterious disappearance of his beloved brother. The parallel plot line depicts the troubled adventures of a missionary to Africa and his misguided roommate. The two different plot lines meet in a truly unpredictable fashion. This book leaves readers hanging and wondering until the very end. Critique At first the teen angst of this book was too much for me, but I plodded through that to get to the meat of the story. Once I got hooked into the plot line, I didn’t mind the teen angst stuff. The plot line of this story is complex reminiscent of Holes how all of these events are taking place and you can’t imagine how they will all connect. Curriculum Connection Kentucky Core Academic Standards-Reading Standards for Literature-High School- Literature (RL.3) Analyze how complex characters (e.g., those with multiple or conflicting motivations) develop over the course of a text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot or develop the theme.
Genre Fiction-Coming of Age Novel Promotional Activity Book trailer-I think that creating a book trailer to promote Where Things Come Back would be the most effective way to promote students reading this book. Like a movie trailer, this book trailer would leave students eager to read this book. I would highlight some of the most important events of the book without giving away the ending.
APA Citation
Whaley, J. (2012). Where things come back. New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers.
Award
Printz Award-2012; Morris Award-2012
Summary
Winner of the 2012 Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature and the William C. Morris Debut Award, this story is full of twists and turns. John Corey Whaley tells the story of seventeen-year-old Cullen Witter’s eventful summer in Lily, Arkansas. This season of Cullen’s life is marked by the death of his cousin by overdose, the supposed sighting of a woodpecker previously thought to be extinct, a couple of unsuccessful attempts at summer romance, and the mysterious disappearance of his beloved brother. The parallel plot line depicts the troubled adventures of a missionary to Africa and his misguided roommate. The two different plot lines meet in a truly unpredictable fashion. This book leaves readers hanging and wondering until the very end.
Critique
At first the teen angst of this book was too much for me, but I plodded through that to get to the meat of the story. Once I got hooked into the plot line, I didn’t mind the teen angst stuff. The plot line of this story is complex reminiscent of Holes how all of these events are taking place and you can’t imagine how they will all connect.
Curriculum Connection
Kentucky Core Academic Standards-Reading Standards for Literature-High School- Literature (RL.3)
Analyze how complex characters (e.g., those with multiple or conflicting motivations) develop over the course of a text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot or develop the theme.
Genre
Fiction-Coming of Age Novel
Promotional Activity
Book trailer-I think that creating a book trailer to promote Where Things Come Back would be the most effective way to promote students reading this book. Like a movie trailer, this book trailer would leave students eager to read this book. I would highlight some of the most important events of the book without giving away the ending.